. >> do you know who dennis rodman is? >> i do know who dennis rodman is. former nba basketball star, he's been speaking out about his friendship with king jong un. he was asked about pun yang's right to destroy america. the u.s. state department has criticized north korea for wining and dining rodman while its people go hungry. meanwhile, rodman had his own message. >> i think he's going to change something. it is a different view. i sat with him for two days and the one thing he asked me to give obama something to say and do one thing. he wants obama to do one thing. call him. >> call him. on that, we want to know, are athletes helping or hurting the cause? are they better diplomates than politicians or do they just interfere? >> i don't know. get in touch with us. e-mail us, worldwide@cnbc.com, tweet, @cnbcwex. still to come -- >> property markets are sent stocks tumbling. what's on the agenda this week? >> more when we come back. >>> hsbc stocks are down after recording a profit of $20 billion. it has lifted its yearly dividend. >>> shares of real estat